From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2018 09:56:31 +0100 Omit an extra message for a memory allocation failure in this function. This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- v2: Lee Jones requested a resend for this patch. The change was rebased on source files from Linux next-20180308. drivers/mfd/viperboard.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/mfd/viperboard.c b/drivers/mfd/viperboard.c index e6b3c70aeb22..e9f61262d583 100644 --- a/drivers/mfd/viperboard.c +++ b/drivers/mfd/viperboard.c @@ -59,10 +59,8 @@ static int vprbrd_probe(struct usb_interface *interface, /* allocate memory for our device state and initialize it */ vb = kzalloc(sizeof(*vb), GFP_KERNEL); - if (vb == NULL) { - dev_err(&interface->dev, "Out of memory\n"); + if (!vb) return -ENOMEM; - } mutex_init(&vb->lock); -- 2.16.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html